warp
part of speech
verb (warp, warps, warped, warping); noun (warp — the threads; a warp — a bend)
meaning for a pupil
1) To warp is to bend or twist out of shape, often because of heat or water. tree →
2) To warp someone's mind or ideas is to change them in a bad, unfair way. tree →
3) In weaving, the warp is the long threads that run lengthwise on a loom; the weft goes across them. tree →
4) In science fiction, warp speed is faster-than-light travel. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and design it describes wood or plastic bending with damp or heat. In textiles lessons it names the long threads. In stories it appears in "time warp" and "warp speed". Phrases: warp and weft, time warp, warp speed, a warped sense of humour.
examples
- The wooden door warped in the damp weather. tree →
- Don't leave the plastic ruler on the radiator or it will warp. tree →
- In weaving, the warp threads go up and down the loom. tree →
- The ship jumped to warp speed. tree →
- Hatred can warp a person's mind. tree →
- That village feels like it is stuck in a time warp. tree →
note
Regular verb: warped, warping. Warped (adjective) can mean twisted in shape or strange in a nasty way. Warp = lengthwise threads, weft = crosswise threads.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «warp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.